[Buttamama28]

#1073176

Sometimes it is hard to let your spouse/significant other know what is what. Some days we make wake up to something new. Something that only a doctor can explain to us.

Sometimes it is hard to get other people in our lives to understand how serious all of this is. It’s like because they don’t see it, they also think we over exaggerate issues, thoughts, or pains.

[npatterson]

#1073177

It will get better. I can remember when I was diagnosed, I had this recurring thought of "what IF I drove off the bridge?" There are LOTS of big bridges there. Eventually, those thoughts just stopped, but at the time they were very intrusive, and therefore frightening.

Thyroid hormone is like speed, and can be a very "bad trip". My favorite color is dark green.

[daniadot]

#1073178

Hi there,
just wanted to say, I totally understand too. I was diagnosed 4 years ago and have had normal levels for just under 3 years now, but for most of that time I’ve been on citalopram for anxiety. The first time I came off too quick and just started panicking again so went back on them. This time I have come off them really slowly but have been experiencing the old anxiety again lately. I think it may just be my body adjusting to not being on them anymore and I am determined to give things a good go without immediately resorting to going back on them. At least I know that either way, I will get through it. I always do. It’s so hard, and as great as my friends and family are, it still makes you feel alone and insane!
My doctor says that when my thyroid was overactive, my response to everything was to panic and my body got used to that being the norm. Now it thinks that is the norm and I have to re-teach it to know that it’s not. I’ve bought some books on cognitive behaviour techniques and I try to think of it as a little gremlin that I can shout at and tell it to leave me alone. I suppose this is a way of externalizing it, so that i don’t dwell on that feeling that it’s just me going mental. I egt afriad of the stupidist things. Someone will be talking to me and a word, (could be any word, like Malteser!) that they say will set off a nauseous feeling and my heart will speed up and I’ll feel dizzy, and all the time I’m thinking, "Am I afraid of Maltesers???" I think about losing people too, and I’m afriad that I’ll be faced with alsorts of things that I won’t be able to cope with. But I need to change my thinking. I WILL be able to cope with whatever is thrown at me. I have already been through so much and I’m still here. I have an amazing boyfriend, family and friends. I have everything going for me. So this anxiety stuff is NOT going to win.

[Ski]

#1073179

Good for you! A very empowering message. ” title=”Smile” />

[belldandy112]

#1073180

daniadot, I hear you on the cognitive behavior techniques. I did a short round of cognitive therapy, because I wanted to avoid anti-depressants if I could. The knowledge of what caused the panic and the fear, and knowing that it was just another "symptom" really helped. I had a very good cognitive-based therapist, too. It didn’t take months and months of therapy, BTW, just a couple of months once a week. Becoming dependent on drugs such as Zanax — which is highly addictive, BTW, and can cause seizures on withdrawal — was a big concern for me. But, I did use it on a p.r.n. basis, and once I learned to contain the fear and panic — you might say that I was able to "intellectualize" it — life was a lot easier.

But just know that I did share the same thoughts and feelings. I do not consider myself a fearful person, so to experience fear and panic on such a primal level is very disturbing. ” title=”Sad” />

Melissa
Austin, TX

[April]

#1073181

I understand how you feel. I excessively worry about things too. I also seem to over-reactive in situations. Example.. if someone approaches me and I don’t know that they are there, it scares me to death. I feel like my heart is goint to come out of my chest. I guess it is that fight or flight response. I just wanted you to know that you are not alone.

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